Samuel Villarreal (Kaiser)

Samuel "Kaiser" Villarreal is a programmer and Doom level designer best known for his work on the Doom 64: Absolution total conversion, the DSV megawads, the Kaiser series, and the SvStrife and Doom64 EX source ports. Formerly known as "Deathman," Kaiser is a veteran Doom level designer who has been creating Doom content since 1997 and has contributed to projects such as Community Chest, Community Chest 2 and Plutonia 2. He has also created some of the very first Strife PWADs and contributed the KSSC tool to create Strife scripts. Kaiser has also been the first Doomer to successfully edit and hack Doom for the Atari Jaguar, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo 64, and Sony PlayStation platforms by extracting data and implementing custom data, including levels.

Aside from Doom mapping, Kaiser has also created custom levels for other games like ', ', the Quake series, Doom 3, and , and contributed three levels for the Doom 3 Last Man Standing mod. Kaiser previously worked at as a level designer; his first released product with the company was the F.E.A.R. expansion pack, . He currently works as a programmer for Nightdive Studios.

At the Cacowards in 2013, Kaiser was the first recipient of the Espi Award for Lifetime Achievement.

2000

 * DSV
 * Blackness
 * Demon Sanctuary
 * DSV 3-War

2002

 * Console Doom (Doom Depot)
 * Demon Sanctuary 2
 * freetex_pack1
 * DSV Episode 4: The Revolution
 * Icerial 2

2003

 * Community Chest
 * Kaiser's stupid deathmatch maps
 * Internal Reaches 2
 * Not Another E1 Wad
 * Untitled
 * Their Selfish Realms
 * Nickel Electroplate Facility
 * Doom 64 TC (Doom Depot)
 * Their Selfish Realms
 * Nickel Electroplate Facility
 * Doom 64 TC (Doom Depot)

2004

 * DSV Episode 5: The Final War
 * The Community is falling!! Oh No!!!
 * Community Chest 2
 * Not Another E3 Wad
 * Internal Reaches 4
 * Crusader
 * Palladium Electroplate Facility
 * Dead In 60 Seconds
 * The Attraction to All Things Uncertain
 * SargeBaldy Speedmapping Compilation #13
 * MAP04
 * Return of The Order
 * Halo Of Wonders
 * Halo Of Wonders

2005

 * Chainmill
 * Untitled #2
 * The Community is Falling 2
 * ToxicHole
 * The Cursed Generation
 * Supernaught
 * SargeBaldy Speedmapping Compilation #16
 * MAP01

2006

 * CrossFire
 * Day of the Acolyte
 * Dark Arena Texture Set

2007

 * Town Of Witchcraft
 * Console Doom Resource Pack

2008

 * Community Is Falling 3

2009

 * Ground Zero

2010

 * Heretic Treasure Chest

2013

 * 100 Lines

2014

 * Shadows of Chronos

Programming

 * SvStrife (2004-2006)
 * KSSC (2004 - 2007)
 * Doom64 EX (2008 - present)
 * Chocolate Strife (2010)
 * DLight (2013-2014)
 * Strife: Veteran Edition (2014)
 * Doom 64 (2020 re-release for PC and consoles)
 * MAP34: Plant Ops
 * MAP35: Evil Sacrifice
 * MAP36: Cold Grounds
 * MAP37: Wretched Vats
 * MAP38: Thy Glory
 * MAP39: Final Judgement
 * MAP40: Panic
 * MAP38: Thy Glory
 * MAP39: Final Judgement
 * MAP40: Panic

Doom 3 projects

 * (2004)
 * (2005)
 * (2005)
 * Last Man Standing (2004-2005)

Other projects

 * Orion Station for Quake II (2001)
 * Powerslave EX (2015)
 * Turok EX (2015; GOG, Steam)
 *  (2017, 2019 Nintendo Switch port)
 *  (2018)
 * Blood: Fresh Supply (2019)
 *  (2021)
 * Quake (2021 version)
 *  (2022)
 * Rise of the Triad: Ludicrous Edition (2023)
 *  (2023)